SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

FIRST BLUNDER – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he was “disappointed” in President Biden’s pledge to revoke a permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline — as the company behind it said work on the project was being suspended.  In a statement issued following Biden’s inauguration, Trudeau said he “spoke directly” to Biden about the $8 billion project in November, and other Canadian officials “made the case” in favor of it “to high-level officials in the incoming administration.”  “While we welcome the President’s commitment to fight climate change, we are disappointed but acknowledge the President’s decision to fulfill his election campaign promise on Keystone XL,” Trudeau said.  Trudeau noted that “Canada is the single-largest supplier of energy to the United States, contributing to U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness, and supporting thousands of jobs on both sides of the border.”  Biden caved to the woke environmentalists, and that hurts the national interest of the United States and sends a message to other allies that between our alliances and wokeness, wokeness will always win.

A NEW AGE OF INTELLECT – FROM GATEWAY PUNDIT:   Joe Biden’s White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held her first press briefing a few hours after Biden was sworn into office and it’s all rainbows and unicorns.  A brave reporter asked Psaki if Joe Biden will keep Trump’s Air Force One color scheme.  “This is such a good question!” Psaki said smiling. “I have not had the opportunity to dig into that today…”  Rather than ask questions about the investigation into Hunter Biden’s money laundering scheme and how Joe Biden turned his son into a bagman, the reporters ask about paint.  And it will continue.  The press is well past the age when it thought reporting the news was a noble calling.

January 20, 2021